The Virus Can Be Stopped, but Only With Harsh Steps, Experts Say

Public health officials, scientists, and epidemiologists say that the coronavirus can be stopped by using rapid adaptive measures by health workers and cooperation from the general population.

Published: Mar 22, 2020
Length: 21 minutes (5,292 words)

The Legend Of The Biggie Belt

“Twenty-three years ago, The Notorious B.I.G. left his 52-inch belt at ‘The Source’ magazine weeks before he died. Nine Keepers of the Belt kept it safe and secret. Why was this accessory so important?”

Source: Medium
Published: Mar 8, 2020
Length: 17 minutes (4,481 words)

Real Estate for the Apocalypse: My Journey into a Survival Bunker

In the Black Hills of South Dakota, entrepreneurs are translating fears of societal collapse into post-apocalyptic gated communities.

Source: The Guardian
Published: Mar 17, 2020
Length: 19 minutes (4,874 words)

The School Shooting That Austin Forgot

“The anguish that has plagued the Murchison students presages the kind of long-tail trauma that many of today’s witnesses to shootings will be burdened with for the rest of their lives.”

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Mar 19, 2020
Length: 41 minutes (10,305 words)

Everything on ‘Naked and Afraid’ Is Real—and I Lived It

“I even made a plan for moments during the challenge that I didn’t want filmed: I would sing songs with expensive licensing fees so that Discovery couldn’t use the footage. The Beatles were famously pricey, right? If I got diarrhea, I’d sing ‘Hey Jude’ at the top of my lungs.”

Source: Outside
Published: Mar 17, 2020
Length: 35 minutes (8,822 words)

An Intersection at the End of America

A portrait of Dilley, Texas, home of the largest immigration detention center in the United States

Source: Oxford American
Published: Mar 17, 2020
Length: 45 minutes (11,400 words)

How Berkeley High’s Whisper Network Started a Movement

“This country is coming off years of high-profile attention to the handling of sexual assault allegations on college campuses, thanks, in part, to student activists like Emma Sulkowicz and Obama-era awareness campaigns. Despite the focus of public attention, though, the problem exists at the elementary and high school level, too.”

Source: Jezebel
Published: Mar 17, 2020
Length: 16 minutes (4,146 words)

The Curious Language of Grief

“I wonder why I wonder, and then I remember why: I am still mourning him, in part because I am mourning all the relationships I never got to have with the people who never knew me as a woman.”

Source: Catapult
Published: Mar 11, 2020
Length: 13 minutes (3,495 words)

All That Was Innocent and Violent: Girlhood in Post-Revolution Iran

Naz Riahi recalls her vibrant childhood in a suburb of Tehran, and considers how the harsh realities imposed by the still new Islamic Republic seeped into her family’s life.

Author: Naz Riahi
Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 18, 2020
Length: 29 minutes (7,251 words)

Scientists Are Leading Notre Dame’s Restoration—And Probing Mysteries Laid Bare By Its Devastating Fire

“Notre Dame will be restored! Its artwork, stone, and stained glass will be cleaned; it will be more luminous and beautiful than before.”

Published: Mar 12, 2020
Length: 14 minutes (3,674 words)